The Prime Minister said the Government had ‘tried multiple times’ to meet the British Medical Association (BMA) as he faced pressure from medics.
Junior doctors and medical consultant members of the British Medical Association on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
It comes amid the longest-ever joint strike by junior doctors and consultants in England, coinciding with the Tory Party conference in Manchester.He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “The reason that waiting lists are going up is because we’ve got industrial action because doctors are on strike. Now, I’ve sat down and tried to do the reasonable thing…”“That is the number one reason.
Asked whether ministers were willing to meet medics, Mr Sunak told BBC Breakfast: “Of course we are, we’ve tried multiple times.” The letter states that if medics do not receive a “credible deal we can put to our members” by November 3, then strike dates will be set for November and December. Hospital dentists from the British Dental Association are also staging a three-day strike, providing emergency care only.
Earlier this week, NHS England warned that there would be “extreme” disruption during the unprecedented strike.
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